tindal
tindal noun: a petty officer among lascars; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.
Noun
tindal (plural tindals)
- A petty officer among lascars; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.
- One thing that continued unchanged was the division of the crew into two watches, each led by a tindal.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 16
- An attendant on an army.
- The party left the island about four o clock in the afternoon, and after a pleasant passage of three hours, arrived at the Jaffna Customs, where a most untoward event took place which tended greatly to mar the pleasure of the day: the unfortunate wag of a tindal not having brought a boat-note with...1844, Peter Lund Simmonds, “The Pearl Fisheries of Ceylon”, in Simmonds's Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany, volume 3, page 131
Proper noun capitalized: Tindal
Tindal (plural Tindals)
- A surname.
tindal meaning in Tamil
tindal in Tamil
- தண்டலாள், கப்பல் ஊழியர் தலைவன்
Forms of tindal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tindals |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Tindals |
Origin of tindal
From Malayalam തണ്ടല് (taṇṭal) or Telugu తండేలు (taṇḍēlu), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *tanḍal-.
Variant of Tynedale.
Questions about tindal
- What does tindal mean?
- Tindal means a petty officer among lascars; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.
- What is tindal in Tamil?
- Tindal in Tamil is தண்டலாள், கப்பல் ஊழியர் தலைவன். See Tindal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tindal?
- Tindal can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of tindal?
- The plural of tindal is tindals.
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